| Iron & Wine – Bird Stealing Bread Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| He's bitter because she's found another. It's not because somebody stole her away. I think he's trying to make her realize that she should feel cheated because she's replacing the old guy with the new. | |
| Iron & Wine – Lovesong of the Buzzard Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Derrrr. His response was, "I have no idea!" My bad. I'm a ridiculously overworked girl. Ha. |
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| Iron & Wine – Wolves (Song of the Shepherd's Dog) Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| All I have to say is, this song awoke something in me to the point that I'm desperate to paint it. | |
| Iron & Wine – House by the Sea Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I agree with bird_girl. I suggest that a lot of you find different interviews that Mr. Beam has done and maybe give yourself a little insight on what his style is and how he writes his lyrics. He's not deeply religious, but he uses the stories from the Bible so that others can relate with whatever point he's trying to get across: Jezebel, Cain and Abel, and Mary and Martha... |
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| Iron & Wine – Carousel Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I'm not trying to subject this song to any sort of perversion, but in the 3rd stanza it sounds extremely sexual. Almost as if the main character is taking his wedding band off and putting his Bible away not to offend their spouse and God. That seems to be the only thing I can decipher of this song. Meh... |
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| Iron & Wine – Lovesong of the Buzzard Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I read an interview where Sam Beam said that sometimes he just writes and he doesn't even have an inkling as to what it's about. His response to the question of, "What's Lovesong of the Buzzard about?" was no. Not every song has to have a deep powerful meaning, guys. Haven't you ever written anything that was aesthetically pleasing and nothing more? |
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| Iron & Wine – Cinder and Smoke Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Judging by the last three lines, it sounds like he's dealing with a person that really thrives on drama. Such a heavy song. I love it and I love how Mr. Beam refuses to pick a solid genre. It's refreshing. | |
| Iron & Wine – Flightless Bird, American Mouth Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Kristen Stewart is a freakin' dim wit for wanting this to be the song for the prom scene in Twilight. Honestly, I was thoroughly disappointed with the movie and why is such a deep song put as the theme for such a shallow American tradition. The girl's got just about as much emotional capacity as dry wall. UGH! Sorry :3! I love you, Mr. Beam. |
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| Brideandgroom – Red Lemons Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I posted these lyrics on the site because I was sick of going to the boys' profile to look up Jordan's questionable mush mouth moments. ;] From the same area, eh? I'm pretty sure that this is about Jordan's little sister's bad relationship...I think you're right. |
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| Brideandgroom – Lifeguard-er Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Pretty sure that this is the best brideandgroom song out there. If you've never heard of b&g it's probably because they're a local band out of Fort Wayne, IN. Proud that I share a city with these boys. :] |
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| Broken Toy Airplanes – Trashbag Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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What doesn't this song mean to me? Honestly, if I could sing this in his face, I'd do it in a heartbeat. Ugh, I'm so sorry things had to be the way they were. Take it as a lesson learned. |
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| The Postal Service – Recycled Air Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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"I take a breath, and pull the air in until there's nothing left." A reaction of being nervous. Pretty typical in certain situations. "I'm feeling green like teenage lovers between the sheets." First off, beautiful analogy. One of my favorite parts of the entire song. At first, this segment of the lyrics sound like maybe he's feeling ill, but then it twists into a indication of feeling new, adolescent. "Knuckles clenched to white as the landing gear retract for flight. My heads a balloon, inflating with the altitude." He's holding tight to something because flight makes him uneasy. As for the balloon part, if you've ever been on a plane, you know what that feels like when you take off. "I watch the patchwork farms slow fade into the ocean's arms." He's looking out the window at the scenery. The ground really does look like patchwork. Once again, a beautiful metaphor. "And from here you can't see me stare. The stale taste of recycled air." He's obviously far above to where nobody can see him looking down. In the cabin of a plane, the air truly is recycled. That's why nobody on a plane wants anybody that has any sort of illness flying with them. It's just disgusting. :D Thanks for letting reading what I think. |
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| Bayside – Tortures Of The Damned Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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"I hate myself more than I've ever lead on. I'm burnt out at twenty-two. I've lived to fast, I loved too much and I'll too young, but I chose this cup that I drank from." He's pretty much just beating himself up for the decisions he made and the cup is a figure of speech for his decisions. "Knew what I was getting into, but I couldn't let out what I had to keep in I'm ashamed of myself and unspeakable sins that I've committed and..." He was aware of the things he was doing. It's rather self-explanatory. "I've made mistakes, but I'll find my way. No explanation for the things I've failed at before. They can't hold my hand." He has no excuses. Also, he feels like even though the people that care about him are trying to point him in the right direction, but even when you lead a horse to water you can't force them to drink. "It just hurts to be a man, through the tortures of the damned." It's hard to man-up to the things and people he's wronged. "If I only had an axe, I'd sever the ties I've made with the world. Maybe, I could be a stranger in a strange place. If I start now, maybe I can be saved." Cutting tie with all the people/places that have given him a bad reputation and maybe if he acts quickly enough he can be forgiven. "If I only had a mask, I'd cover these bleeding eyes. They're bloodshot now, but they'll be black by dawn. If I wake up now I can be pure again." I don't know what the whole reference to bleeding eyes is about, but by waking up he means coming back to reality. "Look at me now, I'm on the track with my back toward the last train leaving town." Refusing to run away from his problems. |
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| The Postal Service – The District Sleeps Alone Tonight Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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"Smeared black ink, your palms are sweaty and I'm barely listening to last demands." I think this is how he is filling out paperwork to place a friend/loved one into rehabilitation. Sweaty palms is usually a reference to nervousness. As for the last demands, I believe whomever was to be admitted was trying to talk him out of the entire idea, but without success. "I'm staring at the asphalt wondering what's buried underneath (where I am)" I'm not sure about this, but I think it's about just him trying to keep his mind off what he's doing. "Ill wear my badge: vinyl sticker with big block letters, adherent to my chest, that tell you're new friends: I am a visitor here. I am not permanent." His "badge" is a name tag showing that he's not a patient at the center. "The only thing keeping me dry is...(where I am)" Either it's talking about him holding back tears, or the fact that because he's at a rehab hospital, he isn't able to drink. Either way, it works. "You seem so out of context in this gaudy apartment complex." Possibly referring to the condition of his friend/loved one in the sense that in their poor condition from addiction they seem out of place. "A stranger with a door key, explaining that I'm just visiting." Visiting the person in rehab? He doesn't want to be grouped with the addicts, but he wants his friend to know that he's there for them. "And I am finally seeing why I was the one worth leaving." After seriously thinking about this line, I suspect that it was probably a girlfriend that was put in rehab, or a really close friend. He's having guilt and empathizing with what he had done. "D.C. sleeps alone tonight." I think this could possibly be saying that the friend was much a part of the party scene and that it won't be the same when he's a patient, or maybe, it's just a general feeling of loneliness. "The District sleeps alone tonight after the bars turn out their lights." A description of the loneliness of the ones that make a bar their home. There's an obvious reference to alcohol in this song numerous times. "Sending autos swerving into the loneliest evening." Drunk driving and the alone feeling of an alcoholic. This is such a "lonely" song. |
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| The Postal Service – This Place Is a Prison Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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"This place is a prison. These people aren't your friends. Inhaling thrills through twenty dollar bills." These select lines are talking about the superficiality of "friends" (simple enough) and anybody that says inhaling thrills through twenty dollar bill is talking about smoking Marijuana, they're absolutely nuts. It's an obvious reference to cocaine. Hollywood portrays it in many movies. For a reference, Requiem of a Dream. "The tumblers are drained and flooded, again and again." Laundry. Nothing deep about that. Just an extremely artist way of describing a hoe hum sort of duty. "There's guards at the on-ramps, armed to the teeth." Perhaps, this is talking about a toll road of sorts. This could be a reference to the way that it seems like your giving yourself away when you enter. "And you may case the grounds from the Cascades to Pugent Sound, but you are not permitted to leave." Like Benjammin said, The Cascades are the mountain range that goes through the middle of Washington (where the band originated) and the Pugent Sound is the body of water on the northwest side. Once again, he refers to the prison-like quality of feeling like he's never going to have the chance to get out. I know there's a big world out there like the one that I saw on the screen. In my living room late light night, it was almost too bright to see." The lyrics are talking about the longing for something bigger and better than your hometown. It's depicting a willingness to leave Seattle. "And I know it's not a party if it happens every night. Pretending there's glamour and candelabra as you're drinking by candlelight." My interpretation of this is that he is having trouble with a friend that has a new found addiction in excessive drinking and he's realizing that it's beginning to get out of hand. "What does it take to get a drink in this place?" He's overwhelmed. "How long must I wait?" He's not waiting for his drink, for the love of God. He's wondering just how long it will take to get out of that damn place. This is, by far, my favorite line of the song. There's more emotions in that one line and in the entire song. That's my take on it. I'm willing to hear any sort of criticism about the way I see it. P.S. I love The Postal Service. |
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